Design Depth of HDPE Storm Pipe 2

[JEB777]

I have a design spec of HS-25. Based on an axle load of 40,000 #, what is the depth at which I should install my 36" HDPE storm piping. How do I translate the axle load to the allowable load for the pipe?

thanks,
JEB777

 

[BigInch]

See attached. Boussinesq Equation page 2-3

What would you be doing, if you knew that you could not fail?

 

[bridgebuster]

The American Waterworks Association has a manual you can download for the design of buried HDPE pipes.

 

[BigInch]

For that matter, so does the Plastic Pipe Mfgr Asso.

What would you be doing, if you knew that you could not fail?